As many of you know the LGW viewing gallery closed a few weeks ago, I sent BAA an email to which I recieved this response a day later:
Dear Mr Lewis
Thank you for contacting the Gatwick Feedback Team. I am sorry to hear of
you and your friends and families disappointment about the closure of the
sky view viewing terrace.
I am afraid the area had to be shut down due to new developments which
were decreasing the view over the airfield, there was also a safety issue
with all the construction traffic involved with the extension of the
Arrivals Baggage Reclaim Hall.
There will be no spectators area for the foreseeable future, due to
Gatwick’s expansion. I realise that this will cause a lot of
disappointment among a lot of people but to date no alternative venue has
been put forward.
Yours sincerely
Samantha Funnell
Gatwick_Feedback
Bad news indeed 🙁
By: Excel - 21st April 2004 at 15:22
Oh that’s a real shame 🙁 The view used to be excellent and its not the same from the restaurant area with just the window views
By: bmi-star - 20th April 2004 at 16:20
Oh well,i don’t see me coming up there in the very near future, a good 3 hours there tho. Wot is BAA’s problem. They allways seem to hate spotters, and they are driving me mad, probs all of u aswell:mad:
By: Ren Frew - 20th April 2004 at 14:16
Originally posted by bmi-star
Ren Frew, went to your local airport on Thursday, and felt that viewing wasn’t too bad there, between the two domestic piers, thank god 23 was in use i say
Enjoy it while it lasts…;)
By: bmi-star - 20th April 2004 at 13:37
Ren Frew, went to your local airport on Thursday, and felt that viewing wasn’t too bad there, between the two domestic piers, thank god 23 was in use i say
By: ALBERT ROSS - 19th April 2004 at 22:13
I complained to Heathrow PR Manager about the prolonged closure of the viewing terrace after 9/11 and received no reply!
They think the Heathrow Visitor’s Reception Area is good enough.
NO WAY!:mad: There is a road between that and the Airport with fence, too far away, into sun! The viewing terrace was superb!
Anyone else complain to Heathrow about this and got a reply?
By: Speedbird 12T - 19th April 2004 at 21:07
Ive been to the viewing deck of LGW 2years back (you had to pay) it had good views. I never knew it was closed or the fact that LGW was getting ‘new developments’ whats being done?
By: Ren Frew - 19th April 2004 at 20:48
At least you got a reply, most places wouldn’t bother.
Interesting for me to observe the old viewing area at GLA, closed for over twenty years is now being converted into more shops almost completely obliterating the views of the domestic concourse from the terminal.:(
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April 19, 2004 at 8:42 pm